Fortigryllus, Ji & Nel & Xiao & Gorochov & Jarzembowski & Ma & Xu, 2025

Ji, Xia, Nel, André, Xiao, Chuantao, Gorochov, Andrej V., Jarzembowski, Edmund A., Ma, Zehao & Xu, Chunpeng, 2025, A new weird cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar, Fossil Record 28 (2), pp. 219-230 : 219-230

Genus Fortigryllus gen. nov.

Type species.

Fortigryllus xiangrui sp. nov.

Included species.

Type species only.

Etymology.

The generic name derives from the Latin ‘ fortis ’ and ‘ gryllus ’, in reference to a strong-legged cricket.

Locality and age.

Mid-Cretaceous (late Albian / early Cenomanian); amber from Kachin State, northern Myanmar.

Diagnosis.

Mesonotum and metanotum well-developed, not covered by pronotum. Forelegs, midlegs and hindlegs nearly equal in length and robustness. Femora of three pairs of legs exceptionally stout. Protibia with two apical spurs, meso- and metatibia with one apical spur. Metatibia bare without spines and subapical spurs, hind basitarsus elongate. Club-shaped and filiform setae on inner basal cerci.